Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, September 13, 1821, Image 4
P O K T It Y.
From the Democratic freas.
" IHbRh IS AN HoUR."
TheHs i? an hour of inward joy,
An hour to mirtfc sndrpleasure gfren,
W lien ntan enjoys, without alloy,
The *leep ot earth?the calm of Heaven
- , ' i *
I *' * i- S7'^ " - VvPtPQ i
T ne re is an hour of happiness,
v\ lien man can revel free from pain frjJ
An hour of pure, unhallowed bliss, v
VY hich e\ery mortal strives to gain*
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But ah I there is a solemn hour,
W hen dead reflections wake the toul ;
When man most owd a higher power,
God supreme? who holds coirtrof.
* Tis if HjfljjPft ^ ^ ^ ^ 'ow?
And sorrpw dims the closing eye";
When tyrant death, mai|*a mortal foe* . .
Proetuittw alas i that we must die I 4
Ye* J-W, we feet and^i,
Ou i' heiplcstt lot? our vnetohedfete ;
C?yft>r fci'giveneM? loudly Sgpftn, ' ?
And sorrow o'er our dying'state. D. .
JliwveUaneous.
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JProm the -London Monthly Magazine.
t- ;f TIDIES PAST.
Oli, -for the days that afegone !?
, the golden age of cooked hat? ; tht
Augustan era of country -dance ; th<
apothesis of minuet ) How welldo 1
remember tire 'first night I "Ventured
Upon the latter genuine relic of <thf
old French court. What an awful
recollection have 1 of the trying mo
ment, when with a slow and grace
jful curve o!f my fret deposited
tin- trUngQtar beaver upon my pow
dered loeks, pressing it 4k?wn upon
my forehead, with .a Arm de terui illa
tion to look tierce and lancinating,
and yei vith a" tender and sympathy
tic regard for the economy of my
'elaborate curls ; sumew'bat in the atile
reaMwmendedby old Isaac' Walton,
when instructing you to Impale a
worm for angling'; lie bids you han
dle htOa tenderly withal, and treat
liim like a friend. , The scented pul
Jplip, wliicb the untwisted hairs re
ppoachl'ully effused, still seems to
salute my nose, and flutter between
my eye*, and the dipping and ew im
iiijgli?ilre of my partner. With what
pinde 1 led ber to her seat, arid what
? bewitching bowjgfQattered myself
1 had made, wboPshe blnshed into
her chair ! In those happy days'
the next operation was 4 regular and
deserving set to, at the genuine old'
English country vdance; and tbe a
musements of tbe night* were invari
ably w ound uu by theBonlanger, or
feir Roger de Coverley. One of my
nieces played me tboife exploded
tones a tew days ago, and what a
fiaMi of ro-y recollections did they
conjure up ! Their music seemed to
. |*ueirtetuto the quiet caves aud
grottoes pf memory, awakening ideas
that nail long slumbered undisturb
ed. Methotight they issued from
their recedes like so itiany embodied
t>pm s : and, fastening tSieir flowery
wren ibs to the spokes of Time's great
Wheel, they dragged it rapidly back
Ward until the days of my ytiuth be
came evolved before me ih ail the fi
delity and vividness of their first ex
istence* 'then did I again behold
the rich Mistt JB ? -t the sugar ba
ker's daughter, whom my patents in
variably urged me to engage for the
supper dances, with many a shrewd
hint that h partner at a hall often he*
came a partue.i for fife; ? nor was
*iier corpulent mother omitted, who
canied vanity as for as even to affect
a degree* of palsy, that the
ot he; bead might giv?% a more
d lustre to tbr magnificent
diaiuouuv with which it was thickl>
sludded. I see Tier now, at her old
i.acf in (lie <? ill room, shaking ant:
-parkling like an aspen-tree in th-:
?unsbine ??f a while frost. lhehohi
also* the hustling little old man het
father, receiving the tickets of td
mission in all the pomp of offict.j
v ith hia snuff colore^ suit and the1
powdered and pomatumed peak earn
ing to a point in the centre of ijw
lmld head. 1 hear him boasting at
the same time of his wealth and hii
drudgery, and declaring that with
II the hundreds he had spent upon
bis hot-houses rind plantations at
liackney, he had never seen tlieni
except by candle*jight. As for the
daughter, thank Heaven, I never
danced with her but once, and my
mind's eye still beholds her webby
feet paddling down the middle, with
the flouncering porpus-like fling sin
gave at the end, only accomplished
by bearing half Iter weight upon her
partner, and invariably out ot turn .
Often have I wondered at the pati
ence of the musicians* jm muting ro
sin and catgut upon 'lier timeless
sprawls. 8he was obtuse in all her
?perceptions^ ^tnd essentially vulgar
Mi her appearance ; in the' conscious
ness of her wealth she sometimes
strove to look haughty, but her fea
tures obstinately refused to assume
aoyexjrffiiion beyond that of inflex
ible-stupidity. Moreover, 'she had
thick ancles, pudding hands, with
short broad nails, and in laughing
she showed her gums ! She was too
opulent, aoccwdiug to the sapient
calculations or the world, to marry
any but a rich man ; aind' s^e suc
ceeded, at length, in- realizing Iteii
most ambitions'. 'dreams, * Her hus
band is a yellow little nabobs rolling
in wealth, and half suffocated with
bHe. ; She has three ricke ty children,
w hom she is ashamed to produce.?.
\V ith no more eta than a fish,, she has
a box atthe Opera, end giveswjvate
concerts. .? In sliort, there ift ifolux
ury she is ihcapable ofrettdung.
which her fortune doestiot enable her
to command ; and no enjoyment re
alty adapted to her taste, in which
her imagiued gentility doe* not de
ter her Rom indulging^
What a contrast - Witts the accom
plished, the fascinating Fannj w? ,
with her lovely features irradiated
with innocent hillarity, yet tempered
with sentiment and deep feeling. She
was attinfeiligence? spiritual? ethe
rial ; at least, 1 often thought so, as
her sylph- like . fbrin seemed to be
treading npon air, While it responded
spontaneously to every pnlsatum Wf
the music, like a dancing echo. " The
course of true love never did run
smooth." F anny was portionless? 1
was penny less; yet even despair did
not prevent my loving her; and,
though my tongue never gave utter
ance to the thought, 1 am well a ware
that she read it in my eyes, ami gave
me iti return her pity. . .With this I
was couit-nieu? iii iuc romnnce 01 a
first love, jl thought it would be de
lightful to die for her. Poor Fanny !
rite fell a sacrifice to one of those
pests of society, a dangler, a coquette,
who paid her his address, won her
affections, changed his mind, and
married another ? the scoundrttl! her
pride might have bornie the insult,
but her lover could not be recalled?
her htiart was broken. Her fine
mind began to prev upon itself? the
swoid wore out the scabbard? her
frame gvadaally faded away, and a
rapid decline at length released her
from her imcoraplaining misery. 1
follow her to tlie grave ; and how
ofteh did 1 return to the spot to be
dew it with my' tears I Many a vow
have X made to suppress im unavail
ing grief, and retrain from visiting
the place of her burial, when, in the
very midst of my resolutions, n?y
feet have unconsciously carried me to
it again. Most truly might I have
exclaimed with Tibbullus. Sfc
'' Jui-avi (jijotius fediturum ad limina nun*
?' quam ? *
Cumtxne jttVavi, pea talten ip?e rtdjt."
V eats have si net' rolled av\ a\ , and
II can ovw tltmk of fraouy w illn u
??Forgive me Mr. Kdinf, Inn
ur has fallen upon the very spot
here X was about to make a Ivoas'
of my stoycism. 1 iuay, however.
? *ion declare, that of al;
* lew, Fanny
1 I will not write
the subject.
[/Vom the jirQ.\lmetfcan.~\
A FARCE IN HEAL UFE.
We understand that a pleasant
farfie Ws played ofif, not long agb,
upon the good people of a certain;
village, within a few miles of the!
sapUol at Albany. I
in the village, and
relations. They w
? lUMf
1 ?, v _ -r-, a-; ;?r..v
ho him, and he exi
sure in the recognition.
tionsbip was incleeoQ
mote; hut ontheir pai
more and mo^e "inl
portion , as -t bis pro
closed. In accents]
ly brightened by IrSyf
? informed them that
[was bnUittle blest*
long as Tie resided in
county) bad gone over
{accumulated a fortune <
8100,000? at a suital
died* and left it all to "
ful son. Their l
diminished on
its latitude increased.
jptominence of the ey
rent, and pleasure *
upon the grave and
tenance. ^|Tbe <
cepfcon was ao
Mluctance
iinf?ted?by
with hisrj
ufMB
who W?
thousand
ness is '<8i
Caution soothed
inheritance. The mai
is draw n mdre closely, ....
kens as k meets his languishL
|?rid she sweetly smiles the si
.welcome; for what he
against forty thousand r
caah ? It is true that he lias II
and blue eyes? bnt so has'fl
tie is beardless ? *o is- JoL
dolp: is tail and slender? bt- ~_?
Doctor emfrse, be i **
beauty. Beauty and Wealth! who
can withstand it?
He attends a ball, and wears his
hah The managers, with as much
caution as if they wer
tbe GnKYiiier,; bre
tion of its impropriety.
ly tells theM./in reply,
, a nwyir m w aterfonl hae an ele
gant cbain with abour nine seals, And
other fashionable appendages to bis
watch. He is employed to buy up
mortgages for the young heir, wbo,
iu the mean 4ime admires the trink
ets, buys them, at ' a good round
price, and agrees to pay, as gentle
men should-** when convenient.
He Vasts his eye upon a large brick
store, and is about to commence
merchandise. A keen old wiseacre
hires it for him, in order to induce
Him to receive bis son as a partner.?
It is done. A clerk, too, li vfanted.
A young man is In good and regular
employment ; but better offers induce
him to leave his patron, and lie is
engaged by the man of wealth.
Generosity, however trifling in
amount, fo always highly valued, if
the hand that bestowed it is rich. ?
Our adventurer bows with cnmplais<
ance, ahd promises with liberality.
He is ready to patronize all who )ook
to him tot fcuppotU amlJMvffh Jifl
small adroitness, contrives to lay
those under obligation from whom he
purposes to .jjpiive contributing. ?
Amidiugly. aftei measuring <irt lis
kiuilues? to bis numerous li 'm ils, l.e
a> great coat of one, a suitout
jSf anolWiy 8,1,1 ? dt^ss coat of a
third? not because he"1 want a, but
because lie fancies Alicni ; exchanges
a silver watch for a gold one, and
borrows a quantum sufficient of
money ? oultj because lie huwens to
be out of chavge /
, Having thus replenished bis ward
robe an.} bis purse, and rioted a
month or two upon 'the fat of the
laud,' be is ready for his departure
to draw the dividends due upon his
stocks, and to purchase his goods.
But, that uo malicious wight may
raise a suspicion to his disadvantage,
he solicits two of his relation?, a
tmmau and a tanner, to "attendliim
to New-Yoik. They comply, and
the trio arrive in, this city. lJut here,
alas! the heir .of forty thousand
pounds suddenly disappears ! Whe
ther an envious mist has obscured
him from their sight, or a malignant
demon has spirited him. away, no
one can tell. ox atra circumvolat
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i
And now the tinman tfndtlie tan
ner wind their weary way to their |
native village, 'the old maid de
plores the profligacy of tbeage ; the
young maiden unbraces her - corstite ;
Slyboots pays rent for a vacant store,
and the tea-table fa: supplied with a
fruitful theme for many a month to
LOtae- r,M
low grciaAA, w$l drained,* having ^rofl
fencing to mftke ttinto convenient fields,
and having buildings of into Kind* tk*t i* \
common on frcouptry farm, pith aW>ppie
and pench Orchard, a Grist. Mill, a Cotton '
Gin that goes bjr water, a Blacksmith'*
Shop,
The above will be sofd oh reasonable
terms, by making the payment sure, a ere- ???
dit will be given* If not sold before No
vember next, it wilt leased for a term of ,
ye&rs. Any person disposed to purchase,
will call on the premises, view the land&t
themselves, and hear of the terms frorrv
James Trt^vftidm. - 1
N. B. TJie situation is as healthy as any
In the United States, having .numerous.
Springs pf tfoc pwWt water (n different
quarters of the tract* . j (
June 28. 6?
CLAHET WINE.
25 Doxwfcauperior CLARET WINE,
for sale by NEIL SM IT H tc CO.
Auguftt 9. t I t-il 3,
ml * ??? - ' 1 '? OlimWM iilti
TO KENT.
The (ftO%P&E formerly oecttpted by
Mrs, Hay?- For terms appty
^ ^ f James Clark,
August Is.
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